Northwest

Vol. 27, No. 1

TURFGRASS TOPICS
PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON

April 1984

CONFERENCE PLANS
DEVELOPING

THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER
By Ray McElhoe

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As we enter into the growing season it is an appropriate time
o talk about research and the benefits to be gained by all.
We all have had the need to pick up the phone and ask for
help in solving a problem. But how many times have you been
"too busy" to attend a field day in your area, attend the research
reports at the Turf Conference, take the time to fill out the forms
to contribute to research, or to volunteer a location for research
projects?
Research is an important part of our profession. Without it
we would not be able to keep up with the demands from our
industry. Our parks are being used more now than ever, the
ball fields have an increased usage, and the golf courses are
at an all time high for play. Without the research done at
Washington State University at Pullman and the Research Center
at Puyallup, the Oregon State University, the University of
Idaho, and Canada Department of Agriculture at Agassiz, B.C.,
we would have to rely solely on the reports given to us from
other areas of the country. We all know that what works in the
East and South does not always work well in the Pacific Northwest.
A great opportunity for us to participate and observe the extensive work that has been accomplished in research will be
shown at the Turfgrass Field Day in Puyallup on June 12,
specifically for golf courses, and on June 13 for schools, parks
and other turfgrass interests. Let's also not forget to visit the
other facilities in our own area to keep abreast of their work.
These field days are an excellent time to get together with the
research people and others in our field to discuss problems and
look for solutions. When we attend these field days why not
hiake it a personal goal to take someone with us each time who
would normally not attend.
The Northwest Turfgrass Conference is another vital learning experience and you should put the dates of September 17
to 20 on your calendar at this time and plan to be in attendance.

The 38th Annual Northwest Turfgrass Conference is definitely
scheduled for the Sheraton Hotel in Spokane, WA, from
September 17-20, 1984. A golf tournament and registration will
take place on Monday, September 17, and the educational conference program starts promptly on Tuesday, September 18,
adjouring at noon on Thursday, September 20.
You will recall that the previous conference at the Sheraton
Hotel was highly successful and everyone was warmly welcomed by the Inland Empire Association of Golf Course
Superintendents. The hotel staff and administration have been
extremely cooperative and makes us feel welcome to that location for this year's conference.
All committees appointed by President McElhoe are functioning and this promises to be an outstanding conference with plenty
of activities. The Program Committee, chaired by Mike
Nauroth, is hard at work and promises to give you a varied subject matter as well as an interesting and informative educational
program.
The conference format will be general sessions on Tuesday,
followed by split sessions on Wednesday, and returning to
general sessions again on Thursday. All persons interested in
golf management activities will meet as a group; parks, schools,
cemeteries, and all other turfgrass interests will meet in a
separate session.
There are numerous people around the Pacific Northwest who
will profit by this conference; therefore, we challenge each of
you to notify at least two or three other people about this conference and encourage them to attend.
The Northwest Turfgrass Conference provides an intensive
training session for beginners as well as journeymen in the trade.
It is becoming increasingly impossible for State Extension
Specialists to provide one-on-one service to every individual
and it is your responsibility to take advantage of these educational sessions to maintain competency in this rapidly developing field of turfgrass sciences. In addition to many good speakers
in various phases of plant establishment and maintenance, there
will be a number of new research progress reports made. These
reports are very important in helping you to make day-to-day
management decisions.
Mark these dates on your calendar now and protect these days,
and don't let trivia stand in your way - BE THERE!

TURFGRASS FIELD DAYS
Golf Course Interest Only
Tuesday, June 12, 1984
Grounds Maintenance and Others
Wednesday, June 13, 1984
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MAKING UREA SAFE AS A NITROGEN
SOURCE FOR TURF
By Stan Brauen

Urea fertilization can be phytotoxic to turfgrass. Discoloration, phytotoxicity, or burn increases as temperature, humidity, and rate of application increases. Burn or discoloration is
normally of less concern during cool, wet weather conditions,
but dramatically increases as the temperature rises. Immediate
irrigation following urea application either in dry or liquid form
will mostly reduce the threat of burn or discoloration. In addition, the ammonium losses associated with surface application
of urea can be very high. Thus, though urea is the least expensive form of dry fertilizer available, most turf managers are
reluctant to use urea in turfgrass fertilization.
Since last spring we have been looking at ways to eliminate
or reduce the potential injury caused by urea applications to turfgrass. Surface applications of soluble magnesium chloride at
a 1:1 ratio with urea have looked excellent. No surface
discoloration has been observed in any experimental or blanket
applications to fine turf during the past year. Even liquid applications of urea at 2 pounds of nitrogen per 1000 ft in August
in 90°F temperature resulted in no discoloration of turf leaf
tissue. The most phytotoxicity encountered at this point has been
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very minor tip burn when applied in very dry conditions without I
irrigation following application. Our studies also suggest the
excessive flush growth following the application of soluble forms
of fertilizer nitrogen is somewhat reduced or eliminated by this
method.
The chloride-urea combinations may also control ammonium
loss. Although our studies have not been concerned with
nitrogen loss from surface applications of liquid urea, Dr. Fenn,
a soil chemist from Texas A & M University who first developed
the procedure, believes the application process will nearly
eliminate gaseous ammonia loss following urea application to
calcareous soil. Recent studies at the University of Maryland
showed ammonium losses from surface-applied urea on loamy
sand pH 6.4 soil were reduced 38% by the presence of potassium
chloride.
The work at Puyallup has been mostly with the product called SolU-Mag containing primarily magnesium chloride, a byproduct of potassium sulfate production by the Great Salt Lake
Mineral and Chemical Company.

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Milt began his career at the Kellogg Golf and Country Club
in the early 1930s and, except for World War II interruption,
stayed with golf courses until his retirement. Besides his tenure
as superintendent of Kellogg Country Club, succeeding his
father, he was superintendent of Overlake Country Club at
Medina, WA. He took a break from golf courses for two years
to manage Emerald Turfgrass Farms and then returned as
superintendent of Seattle Golf and Country Club until his retirement. Milt Bauman has left behind him an enviable record of
accomplishments and is a credit to the dedication he has shown
to the turfgrass industry over these many years.
Milt became involved in the Northwest Turfgrass Association shortly after its organization and served as its president,
'according to records, in 1955, 1956, 1964, and 1974. He also
served a number of years as director of this Association and
several years as chairman of the Research Committee.
Milt distinguished himself as one of the first group of
superintendents who received their certification from the Golf
Course Superintendents Association of America and was later
honored by the same association for his many accomplishments
by being awarded the Distinguished Service Award.
Milt has helped to develop many golf course superintendents
and has freely given help and assistance to anyone who would
ask.
Milt and his wife Ellie are looking forward to retirement at
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In past years, the directors have had numerous requests from
commercial representatives for active participation in an
organized product exhibit. There are two or three major product and equipment shows around the Pacific Northwest annually, and it is an expensive and time-consuming effort to move
lage equipment, prepare, set up booths, and man them as well.
In order to cut down on the expense and manpower required
for this type of exhibit, the directors of the Northwest Turfgrass
Association have decided on a slightly different approach that
we feel will be successful if everyone gets behind it.
First, an 8-1/2 x 11, three-color brochure will be produced
and will include a multitude of useful information which you
can retain as a reference source. The brochure will include all
programs for the conference, advertising, historical information and background of the Northwest Turfgrass Association,
directory of available information, publications, and many other
useful facts.
Commercial representatives can buy advertising space as professional card size, one-forth page, one-half page or full-page
ads, or they can buy a combination of ads and booth space as
well.
Information and small exhibit booth space will be provided
to the First 50 commercial representatives on Tuesday evening,
September 18, at the Sheraton Hotel in Spokane. The booths
will be professionally set up and decorated, will have a skirted
table, and will be 8 feet by 10 feet in dimension.
It is anticipated that the program brochure will be mailed out
by July and everyone attending the conference will be encouraged to participate in the Tuesday evening program. This can be
a real fun evening as well as meeting your commercial representatives and learning more about available products, equipment,
and supplies.
For further information on commercial exhibits, please contact Bill Campbell, phone (206) 885-6481, or John Eby, (206)
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ED JENNINGS RETIRES
Ed Jennings, former superintendent of Snohomish Golf
Course, retired after more than 20 years with golf courses in
the Puget Sound area.
Ed worked for many years with the Idaho mines in heavy
equipment work and eventually he worked for several years with
a construction firm in South America where he became extremely fluent with Spanish. He says it was important to learn since
you had to know when they were talking about you, and we
are sure that it was very useful in communicating with labor
as well.
Ed began working on the West Coast with Milt Bauman as
a mechanic at Overlake Golf and Country Club for several years
before taking on the responsibility of building Snohomish Golf
Club and subsequently becoming its superintendent. Ed did an
outstanding job of developing a very fine privately owned public
golf course. Ed was very instrumental in helping Gordy
Richards, owner, maintain construction costs within budget. Ed
peformed many improvements to the golf course between 1966
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TURFGRASS DESICCATION
By Roy L. Goss

Turfgrass managers deal primarily with two types of desiccation - heat and cold. Most people know how to deal with heat
desiccation, but many are not current on methods for preventing cold desiccation and extensive turf losses during the winter.
In general, bluegrasses, fescues, and bentgrasses are more
resistant to desiccation injury than annual bluegrass. Moisture
stress should not be confused with desiccation losses. In general,
moisture stress usually develops more slowly than desiccation
losses. In the end, it all amounts to the same, but the mechanisms
are somewhat different. Light, frequent irrigations during summer heat stress periods may not penetrate to the full depth of
the root zone while hydrophobic conditions develop in the surface thatch layer and may allow water to run off to low areas.
The hydrophobic areas eventually run out of water and the grass
will either die or develop some drought induced dormancy.
Desiccation, on the other hand, may occur when root zone
moisture is at field capacity. Rapid wilting and loss of annual
bluegrass can occur when temperatures are high, relative
humidity low, and wind conditions persist. The roots may not
be able to transport water to the leaves as fast as transpiration
occurs causing the plants to wilt. Syringing (an application of
very small amounts of water) during the hottest parts of the day
will both cool the plants and reduce the transpiration rate of
water from the leaves. When soils are near their full fuild capacity for water holding, you should be extremely cautions in applying any more than enough to cool the plant since additional
water will only aggravate the problem. This problem is generally
quite well understood, but freezing desiccation losses are another
problem.
The apparent problem with many turfgrass managers with
respect to freeze desiccation is to determine when to start applying protective measures. No one can accurately predict the
length and intensity of deep freeze periods. Freeze desiccation
losses occur most commonly on Poa annua that has not sufficiently winter hardened and where deep freeze conditions persist for more than 48 hours. Grasses established on a pure sand
medium suffer from desiccation to a greater extent than those
established on natural soils of sandy loam or heavier texture.
Without snow cover, moisture is rapidly lost from frozen
sands in the upper rooting profile, the crown area, and the
leaves. When soils are frozen throughout the entire rooting profile, no water can be transported to the leaves, resulting in leaf
desiccation. If low temperatures and winds persist for periods
greater than 48 hours, there is a good chance that desiccation
will proceed on into the crown and upper rooting zone. This
is exactly what happened in most cases in western Washington,
Oregon, and British Columbia during December of 1983.
DESICCATION PREVENTION
All this talk about how desiccation occurs serves little purpose without detailing some methods of prevention. Unfortunately, you do not have too many options. Some important
factors and methods that you should consider can be listed as
follows:
1. Keep all traffic from your turfgrass areas during these conditions.
2. When root zone soils are frozen and after 24 to 48 hours
of desiccating conditions, apply small ammounts of water to
the leaves and upper thatch layer. A thin coating of ice will stop
rapid leaf water loss and may be significant in preventing total
loss of the plants. This process may need to be repeated once
or twice daily for the duration of desiccating conditions.
3. Provide covers for your prime turfgrass areas. A number
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Your major sulfur applications should be made between April
and October when soil temperatures can be expected to be high
enough for bacterial activity. It is not advisable to apply significant amounts of sulfur when soil temperatures are below 45°F,
and especially if soils are poorly drained. It is possible that
phytotoxic by-products can be formed due to incomplete conversion of elemental sulfur to the sulfate ion form.
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SPORTSFIELD SEMINARS

Considerable attention was focused during this past winter
and early spring on sportsfield planning, construction? and
maintenance, and justifiably so. There are thousands of schools
in the Pacific Northwest and all of them have playgrounds and
intensively used sportsfields. Within recent years schools have
given more attention to better quality sports fields, and considering the overall picture, a great deal of money is spent. This
is also justifiable provided they get what they pay for.
So often specifications are poorly written or there is poor contractor performance, or a host of other problems that result in
poor quality playing fields. The focus of these workshops were
to properly instruct the participants in proper soil types (essentially sand construction), soil drainage, and irrigation to achieve
our goals of dry fields. Instruction was also given in the types
of grasses and subsequent maintenance to make these fields
highly useful and withstand maximum use with minimum
problems.
The seminars were taught principally from the PNW bulletin
0240 entitled Construction and maintenance of natural grass
athletic fields which was prepared by Roy Goss and Tom Cook
with the assistance of Carl Kuhn and Don Hogan, civil engineers
with considerable eperience in irrigation drainage and general
construction of sportsfields. We feel that the bulletin covers the
important aspects of any type of sportsfield and serves as a good
guide for maintenance for the Pacific Northwest.
Anyone not having a copy of this bulletin and deals with this
type of turfgrass culture can obtain copies in Oregon generally
from the Cooperative Extension offices in each county or by
sending $1.75 to Bulletin Mailing Office, Industrial Building,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, and requesting
the bulletin number and title listed above. The bulletin cost is
$1.50 and 25 cents for postage and handling. Persons living
in Washington can obtain the bulletin by contacting the
Cooperative Extension Service in the county in which you live
or by sending your money to the Bulletin Department,
Cooperative Extension, Cooper Publications Building,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5912.
Tentatively, we are planning additional seminars for three or
four key areas in eastern Washington in the fall of 1984, while
Tom Cook is working closely with school districts in the state
of Oregon.

TURFGRASS FIELD DAYS
AT PUYALLUP
Turfgrass research that is being carried out at the Western
Washington Research and Extension Center will be viewed by
all interested turfgrass managers on June 12 and 13, 1984. June
12 will be devoted specifically to golf course interests, and all
persons interested in grounds maintenance which would include
schools, parks, cemeteries, and home lawns are invited to attend on June 13.
Persons interested in golf course management will observe
shatter core vs. hallow tine aerification, putting green speed
studies, leaching of plant nutrients through sand profiles in
lysimeter studies, comparisons of a number of slow release
nitrogen sources and a number of other interesting projects.
On June 13, many of the same items shown above will be
covered because of simiilar interests, but all discussions will
be directed toward grounds maintenance applications. In addition to those items listed above, you will observe national tests
ontall fescues, turftype perennial ryegrasses and fine fescues.
Many turfgrass managers are confronted with decisions regarding which form of slow release nitrogen should be used and
what they can expect from their applications. This will be an
opportunity for you to observe effects over a two-year period
and to hear discussions with respect to our findings. Sources
under test at this time include urea, ammonium chloride, oximide, Melamine, sulfur-coated urea, IBDU and urea formaldehyde.
There is increasing interest among turf managers in the new
turftype tall fescues, and this will be an opportunity for you
to observe their performance in a national cooperative test. In
addition to the turftype tall fescues, there will be turftype perennial ryegrasses and fine fescues included in this same study.
This will give you an opportunity to observe the better performing varieties west of the Cascade Mountains and may help you
to make better decisions in the future.
In order to enhance turfgrass establishment on sands, a special
study has been initiated incorporating different soils amendments
with the objective of enhancing establishment.
There will be several other research projects that we are sure
will be of interest to you and we welcome you to come to Farm
5 on these days. Farm 5 is located approximately 6 miles East
of the Experiment Station on East Pioneer Avenue. You will
have to stop at the Sumner-Orting Highway on East Pioneer
and then proceed across the Highway and you will see the
buildings and the turfgrass research area. If you wish, you can
come directly to the Experiment Station and a map will be provided on how to find Farm 5. We will see you all on June 12
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OFFICERS OF THE NORTHWEST TURFGRASS
ASSOCIATION

Ray McElhoe
President
Gary Sayre
Vice President
Bill Campbell
Treasurer
Dr. Roy Goss
Exec. Secretary
NORTHWEST TURFGRASS TOPICS is sponsored by the Northwest Turfgrass Association and
financed through funds of this organization. Any
communications concerning distribution of this paper
or association business should be directed to P.O. Box
397, Puyallup, WA 98371, or Roy L. Goss, Western
Washington Research and Extension Center, Puyallup, WA 98371.
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